How To Install node-brace-expansion on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-brace-expansion on Debian 9.
What is node-brace-expansion
node-brace-expansion is:
node-brace-expansion provides brace expansion as known from sh/bash for Node.js. It provides the expand() method to return an array of all possible and valid expansions of the string argument. If none are found, the string is returned as the only item in the array.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-brace-expansion on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install node-brace-expansion Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-brace-expansion using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-brace-expansion
Install node-brace-expansion Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-brace-expansion using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-brace-expansion
Install node-brace-expansion Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install node-brace-expansion using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-brace-expansion
How To Uninstall node-brace-expansion on Debian 9
To uninstall only the node-brace-expansion package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-brace-expansion
Uninstall node-brace-expansion And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-brace-expansion and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-brace-expansion
Remove node-brace-expansion Configurations and Data
To remove node-brace-expansion configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-brace-expansion
Remove node-brace-expansion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-brace-expansion configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-brace-expansion
Dependencies
node-brace-expansion have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-brace-expansion package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.